Call for Papers

The 2019 Robotics: Science and Systems Conference will bring together researchers working on all aspects of robotics including scientific foundations, applications, and analysis of robotic systems. We seek your best work in all
areas of robotics and solicit papers that cover both the “Science” and the “Systems” of robotics.

The conference will be single-track, and the final program will be the result of a thorough review process to give attendees an opportunity to see the most exciting research in all areas of robotics. Submissions will be evaluated
in terms of their novelty, technical quality, significance, potential impact, and clarity.

The program will include invited talks as well as oral and poster presentations of accepted papers. The three-day main session will be preceded by two days of workshops and tutorials. Every effort is being made to keep the
conference affordable, particularly for student attendees.

For the first time with RSS, authors will have two options to submit to RSS’19: directly through the RSS submission portal (RSS-Direct), or using the RSS option that is offered by IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RAL/RSS).
Important details of how RSS’19 submission and review will work in the two cases are reported in the Author Information page.

The RAL/RSS option will complement, and not replace, the tradition of RSS special issues in other journals. Selected papers from the RSS-Direct stream will be invited for submission to special issues of other prestigious
Robotics journals, as usual.

RSS is actively seeking papers in areas that have not been traditionally represented at the conference and will stay true to its name covering both the “Science” and the “Systems” of robotics. Papers containing
original and unpublished work are solicited in all areas of robotics, including (but not limited to) the following themes:

Robot AI and Learning (SPECIAL INTEREST TOPIC)

Soft and Bio-Inspired Robotics (SPECIAL INTEREST TOPIC)

Applications

Cognitive Robotics

Field Robotics

Human-Centered Robotics and Automation

Humanoids and Animaloids

Localization and Mapping

Manipulation and Grasping

Manufacturing, Process, and Service Automation

Mechanisms, Design, and Control

Medical and Rehabilitation

Micro, Nano, and Biomimetic Systems

Multiple and Distributed Systems

Planning and Simulation

Theoretical Foundations

Vision and Sensor-Based Control

Visual Perception and Learning

Author Information

Submissions will be evaluated in terms of their technical quality, novelty, significance, potential impact, and clarity. All papers accepted for presentation at the
main conference will be published in the online proceedings. Please visit the author instructions page for further details.